The National Technical Museum has prepared special programmes for families with children for the summer months at the Centre of Building Heritage in Plasy and the Railway Depository in Chomutov. In Plasy there will be holiday workshops with mosaic making and practical demonstrations of building crafts, in the Railway Depository in Chomutov it will be possible to experience a ride on the historic Komarek steam carriage. Guided tours of the exhibition Made in Czechoslovakia or Industry that Conquered the World are taking place in the NTM building in Prague Letná.
Children can make and take home a mosaic picture with various accessories in the holiday workshop in the Abbey Stables at the CSD Plasy. Under the guidance of tutors, they will also try their hand at working in the carpentry mini-workshop. In the building crafts yard, young and old will learn how to work on historical machines and make a mason’s spoon. For the more demanding visitors, guided tours of the Exposition of Building History Research are prepared. There will be a varied programme for the Plaska Fair and the European Heritage Days. In both cases, the accompanying programme will be linked to the theme of the exhibition Filmmakers Hanzelka and Zikmund. On the Plaska Fair on 18 August 2019, there will be a parade of Tatra cars, and on the European Heritage Days on 6 and 7 September 2019, admission to the programme and the exhibition will be free. The programme will be rich. On Friday, 6 September, it will culminate in a screening of the film “The Century of M. Zikmund”, and on Saturday, 7 September, a workshop on creative photographic techniques is planned. However, families with children will also find entertainment and education in the CSD Plasy on days when the museum does not offer any programme. Younger children can have fun in the Building Playground exhibition, while older children can try out basic static principles and find out how to build a house so that it doesn’t fall down in the newly opened Static Play exhibition.
Centre of Building Heritage Plasy
Pivovarská 5, 331 01 Plasy, www.muzeum-plasy.cz, www.ntm.cz
Holiday workshop in the Abbey Stables – Tuesday to Sunday 29.6.-1.9.
Programme in the Court of Building Crafts – Saturdays 29.6.-31.8. from 14.00.
Guided tours of the Exposition of Building and Historical Research – Fridays 12.7.-30.8. from 14.00.
Plaská pilgrimage Saturday 17.8. – accompanying programme to the exhibition Filmmakers Hanzelka and Zikmund
European Heritage Days 6.-7.9. – accompanying programme to the exhibition Filmmakers H and Z
This summer, the NTM Railway Depository in Chomutov will come alive on several dates during the From Museum to Depository event, when visitors can travel on a historic train from the Museum of Czech Railways in Lužná to the depository in Chomutov and back. A great attraction is the opportunity to ride on a Komarek steam engine carriage from 1903, which is one of the rarest exhibits of the NTM railway collection. Interested visitors will take a ride on the premises of the depository and on the European Heritage Days on the route from Chomutov to Jirkov and back.
NTM Railway Depository in Chomutov
Access via a marked route from Černovická Street from the Globus shopping centre car park
www.muzeum-chomutov.cz, www.ntm.cz
By historical train From the museum to the depository and back – 20.7., 3.8., 10.8., 24.8., rides by historical train more info@cdmuzeum.cz
Komarek steam carriage rides – 24.8, European Heritage Days 7.9
In the main building of the National Technical Museum in Prague, guided tours continue for weekend visitors of the Made in Czechoslovakia or Industry that Conquered the World exhibition, which uses 130 exhibits from the museum’s collections to present the achievements and development of Czechoslovak industry and technology between 1918 and 1992. Guided tours of the exhibition are also prepared for 5 July, when the NTM commemorates the 111th anniversary of its founding, and all visitors can enjoy reduced admission on this day. Educational programs in the NTM building in Prague Letná are implemented for suburban camps.
National Technical Museum in Prague
Kostelní 42, 170 78 Prague 7
www.ntm.cz
Guided tours of the Made in Czechoslovakia exhibition www.ntm.cz/komentovane_prohlidky
5. july 2019 Admission for all visitors 50 CZK
NTM Press Release 1 July 2019
Mgr. Adam Dušek
Head of PR and Public Relations Department
Email: adam.dusek@ntm.cz
Mob: +420 774 426 828
National Technical Museum
Kostelní 42, 170 00, Prague
